9th Avenue at Foothill Boulevard
This mark fits between Douglas & Wolfe 1940 and Wolfe 1949. Clearly Douglas left the partnership in one way or another, and R. G. Wolfe chiseled his name off the old stamp before he could have a new one made. This stamp also shows that the partnership started in the 1920s. A lot of information in one spot.
1172 Bayview Avenue
810 E. 23rd Street
I have a W. Todd mark from this year, but this one is hand-drawn.
1937 9th Avenue
As always, Frank Salamid marks are rarely the same even in the same year. So I keep track.
858 E. 28th Street
I love W. M. Sharp marks, but they’re always so obscure. The lettering is nice.
1250 E. 34th Street
There are a pair of these at this address. Both of them are much better preserved than the one I documented earlier, except for the date, which required extreme scrutiny.
800 block E. 24th Street
Flener is a familiar name on Oakland streets, but I haven’t seen a Griffin of any sort before. This mark gives a date, an anchor in time, for E. Flener.
Oakland Underfoot 